Comments on: Eye Eye: A Tutorial http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/ Let's knit toys Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:16:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anla http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3218 Anla Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:26:30 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3218 YAY!! Now I know where to buy safety eyes and I don't need to paint my old Clikets anymore! YAY!! Now I know where to buy safety eyes and I don’t need to paint my old Clikets anymore!

]]> By: June http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3205 June Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:38:23 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3205 Thanks for the tutorial! I am making a bear right now and was thinking about how I would make the eyes... Yes, eye placement and shape can make a friendly doll suddenly look evil, so I always audition the eye shape and position with little pieces of paper or felt. Thanks for the tutorial! I am making a bear right now and was thinking about how I would make the eyes… Yes, eye placement and shape can make a friendly doll suddenly look evil, so I always audition the eye shape and position with little pieces of paper or felt.

]]> By: Samantha Earl http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3168 Samantha Earl Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:35:04 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3168 Thanks, Anna! Thanks, Anna!

]]> By: Tara http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3167 Tara Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:57:22 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3167 Thanks for the great tutorials, and all the comment tips have been awesome too guys! I have very limited sewing experience, and it's one of the many reasons why I've steered away from making some toys. Tips like these (especially place holder eyes) may encourage me to continue trying to get better. Thanks for the great tutorials, and all the comment tips have been awesome too guys! I have very limited sewing experience, and it’s one of the many reasons why I’ve steered away from making some toys. Tips like these (especially place holder eyes) may encourage me to continue trying to get better.

]]> By: Janice http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3166 Janice Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:33 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3166 Thank you for the tutorial! I always get anxious when I have to put eyes on because they really determine how "friendly" the toy will look. I made a Sheldon and tried embroidering eyes but had a hard time making them round. They were more rectangular and made him look sinister. So I came up with another method for eyes that involves a felt round and embroidery floss. http://knitflix.blogspot.com/2007/01/eye-eye-sheldon.html For Sam, I cut out felt ovals and attached them with embroidery floss using the blanket stitch (like applique from the 70's). His eyes are very cartoon-y! http://knitflix.blogspot.com/2008/06/peek-boo_03.html Thank you for the tutorial!

I always get anxious when I have to put eyes on because they really determine how “friendly” the toy will look. I made a Sheldon and tried embroidering eyes but had a hard time making them round. They were more rectangular and made him look sinister. So I came up with another method for eyes that involves a felt round and embroidery floss.
http://knitflix.blogspot.com/2007/01/eye-eye-sheldon.html

For Sam, I cut out felt ovals and attached them with embroidery floss using the blanket stitch (like applique from the 70’s). His eyes are very cartoon-y!
http://knitflix.blogspot.com/2008/06/peek-boo_03.html

]]> By: Samantha http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3165 Samantha Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:53:39 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3165 What a great eye tutorial! Thank you! What a great eye tutorial! Thank you!

]]> By: Anna http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3164 Anna Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:15:38 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3164 Great to hear that some people have found the tutorial helpful! Miki, thank you for adding your technique for weaving in ends. That was something that occurred to me as I was writing up the tutorial, but I thought it might make it too long. But your explanation is exactly how I do it too! As for the number of strands of embroidery thread, I personally use just one, because that's they way the thread I buy comes. (I got it from Purl Patchwork.) I've found that works well for me. Great to hear that some people have found the tutorial helpful!

Miki, thank you for adding your technique for weaving in ends. That was something that occurred to me as I was writing up the tutorial, but I thought it might make it too long. But your explanation is exactly how I do it too!

As for the number of strands of embroidery thread, I personally use just one, because that’s they way the thread I buy comes. (I got it from Purl Patchwork.) I’ve found that works well for me.

]]> By: Ariel http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3160 Ariel Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:48:12 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3160 Great tutorial, thanks so much!!! Great tutorial, thanks so much!!!

]]> By: miki http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3159 miki Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:31:49 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3159 Awesome tutorials! To weave in the ends of yarn eyes, I just bring the yarn end through the animal and let the stuffing inside catch on to it. I have yet had an end worm its way through and poke out. It's best also to grab onto the end and pull on it, which squeeze the toy a bit, and then cutting the end. The added tension of the pull makes the yarn end zip back into the toy after you cut it. As for the safety eyes...well, they are extremely easy to put on and look very lifelife, but I have been ableto pull them out of my knitted toys and having a niece at home...I can definitely say that she would swallow it. I embroider all my eyes nowadays for added "safety." Anna, one question: how many threads of embroidery thread do you use? I started off using the full six strand but I think that's wrong. Yours looks very thin too. Should I be using only one strand? Awesome tutorials! To weave in the ends of yarn eyes, I just bring the yarn end through the animal and let the stuffing inside catch on to it. I have yet had an end worm its way through and poke out. It’s best also to grab onto the end and pull on it, which squeeze the toy a bit, and then cutting the end. The added tension of the pull makes the yarn end zip back into the toy after you cut it.

As for the safety eyes…well, they are extremely easy to put on and look very lifelife, but I have been ableto pull them out of my knitted toys and having a niece at home…I can definitely say that she would swallow it. I embroider all my eyes nowadays for added “safety.”

Anna, one question: how many threads of embroidery thread do you use? I started off using the full six strand but I think that’s wrong. Yours looks very thin too. Should I be using only one strand?

]]> By: Sue http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2008/07/eye-eye-a-tutorial/#comment-3158 Sue Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:37:23 +0000 http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/?p=338#comment-3158 Thanks for the wonderful tutorial on how to create different eyes. It was very well written and the photos were very helpful. Keep up the great work! Thanks for the wonderful tutorial on how to create different eyes. It was very well written and the photos were very helpful. Keep up the great work!

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